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Looking Toward Marj Ibn Amir
n.d.
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Caricature: Balfour and the Woes His Ill-Fated Promise Brought to Palestine (Filastin Newspaper)
2 November 1932
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Soap factory
pre-1935
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Lord Peel in Front of King David Hotel
November 1936
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Peel Commission and Partition
11 November 1936
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Arab Revolt 1936 - Royal Commission
11 January 1937
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Arab League Warnings
June 1946
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King David Hotel
24 July 1946

Events

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Acre under Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani Challenges Direct Ottoman Rule
1746 - 1775
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Publication of The Awakening of the Arab Nation in Asiatic Turkey by Najib Azoury
January 1905
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Publication of Zionism by Najib Nassar
October 1911
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Jemal Pasha Orders the Public Hanging of Arab Nationalists from the Levant
21 August 1915 - 6 May 1916
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Start of the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans
10 June 1916
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British Failed Attempts to Conquer Transjordan
21 March 1918 - 4 May 1918
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Conquest of Damascus; Faisal Enters Liberated City
26 September 1918 - 3 October 1918
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1st Palestinian National Congress Is Held in Jerusalem
27 January 1919 - 10 February 1919
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Appointment of the King-Crane Commission
20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919
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The General Syrian Congress and the King-Crane Commission
2 July 1919 - 3 July 1919
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Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
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The General Syrian National Congress Proclaims the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920 - 8 March 1920
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San Remo Conference: Distribution of Mandates
25 April 1920
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French Occupy Damascus and Establish State of Greater Lebanon
14 July 1920 - 31 August 1920
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The Issue of the Administration of Transjordan
25 July 1920 - 31 December 1920
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3rd Palestinian National Congress Meets in Haifa
13 December 1920 - 19 December 1920
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Churchill and Abdullah Reach Preliminary Understanding over Transjordan
2 March 1921 - 30 March 1921
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Hybrid Status for Transjordan; Prince Abdullah Becomes Its Emir
11 April 1921
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The British Issue a Constitution for Palestine in the Form of an Order in Council
10 August 1922
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League of Nations Approves Exclusion of Transjordan Territory from the Jewish National Home
14 September 1922 - 16 September 1922
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British-French Agreement on Boundary Line Between Palestine and Lebanon and Syria
7 March 1923
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British Formal and Conditional Assurance to Transjordan's Abdullah
25 April 1923 - 25 May 1923
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Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
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Agreement between Great Britain and Transjordan Emirate
20 February 1928
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Enactment of the Palestine Order in Council Related to al-Buraq / Western Wall
19 May 1931
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1931
23 July 1931
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An Arab National Conference Meets on the Sidelines of the Pan-Islamic Congress
13 December 1931
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine Martial Law (Defence) Order in Council, 1936
30 September 1936
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General Strike Called Off; Consent to Appear before the Peel Commission
11 October 1936
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Defence) Order in Council, 1937
18 March 1937 - 24 March 1937
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Peel Commission Report Proposes Partition of Palestine
7 July 1937
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London Round Table Conference Convenes
7 February 1939 - 27 March 1939
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Saudi Arabia Opens a Consulate-General in Jerusalem
5 April 1941 - 29 April 1941
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Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet
14 February 1945
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Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine
22 March 1945
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Arab Office (AO) Is Opened in Washington
September 1945 - December 1947
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League of Nations Passes on Supervision over Mandates to the UN; Acknowledges Transjordan's Independence
18 April 1946
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Independence of the Emirate of Transjordan and Establishment of the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan
25 May 1946
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Arab League Meets in Bludan and Reacts to the Recommendations of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
8 June 1946 - 12 June 1946
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Arab League Supervises the Establishment of a Unified Palestinian Arab Higher Committee
12 June 1946
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Series of Zionist Anti-British Attacks
17 June 1946 - 22 July 1946
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First Phase of Palestine War: Offensive Defense versus Active Defense
29 November 1947 - 10 March 1948
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Arab League Rejects Partition Plan
8 December 1947 - 16 December 1947
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Fate of Diplomatic Representations in Jerusalem
11 February 1948 - 1 May 1948
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Early Responses to Truce and Trusteeship Ideas
19 March 1948 - 20 March 1948
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British Parliament Enacts the Palestine Act, 1948
29 April 1948
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Arab States (Reluctantly) Prepare for Intervention in Palestine
30 April 1948 - 12 May 1948
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Great Britain Issues the Termination of Jurisdiction in Palestine (Transitional Provisions) Order in Council of 1948
12 May 1948
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Great Britain Issues the Palestine (Revocations) Order in Council, 1948
12 May 1948
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Arab States Explain Reasons for Intervening in Palestine
15 May 1948
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West Bank to Be Placed under Jordanian Military Government
16 May 1948 - 24 May 1948
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Ethnic Cleansing During the Second Truce
24 July 1948 - 15 October 1948
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Pro-Jordanian Amman Conference
1 October 1948
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Arab Responses to Formation of the All-Palestine Government
5 October 1948 - 14 October 1948
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Israel's Application for UN Membership Fails to Obtain Security Council Approval
17 December 1948
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Great Britain Recognizes Israel on a de facto Basis
30 January 1949
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The US Recognizes Transjordan on a de jure Basis
31 January 1949
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Jordan's Early Measure to "Jordanize" Arab Palestinians
14 February 1949
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SC Res. 69: Recommending Admission of Israel to UN Membership
4 March 1949
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Jordan Undertakes Legislative Steps Aiming at Integrating the West Bank
16 March 1949 - 1 December 1949
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UNCCP Convenes the Lausanne Conference
27 April 1949 - 12 September 1949
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UNGA 273 (III): Admitting Israel to Membership in the UN
11 May 1949
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UNGA 303 (IV): To Place Jerusalem under a Permanent International Regime
9 December 1949
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Jordan Amends the Parliamentary Election Law
13 December 1949
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Dissolution of the Jordanian Parliament
1 January 1950
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Jordanian Parliamentary Elections; Formal Unification of the Two Banks
11 April 1950 - 24 April 1950
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Great Britain Announces Formal Recognition of Extended Kingdom of Jordan and de jure Recognition of Israel Simultaneously
27 April 1950
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Assassination of King Abdullah
20 July 1951 - 11 August 1952
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Publication of the Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
8 January 1952
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The Egyptian Revolution of 1952
23 July 1952
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King Hussein’s Formal Accession to the Throne
2 May 1953
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Anti-Israeli Demonstrations in Jordan
21 October 1953
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SC Res. 101: Censuring Israel for Its Retaliatory Action in Qibya in Violation of the Israel-Jordan Armistice
24 November 1953
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Arab League and Jordan River Waters
15 February 1954
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Jordanian Nationality Law
16 February 1954
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The US and Jordan River Waters
25 June 1954 - 6 July 1954
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The Knesset Issues the Prevention of Infiltration Law
16 August 1954
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Baghdad Pact
24 February 1955
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Arab Information Center (AIC) Is Opened in New York
15 June 1955
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UNGA 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)
2 November 1956
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Anti-Monarchic Coup in Iraq
14 July 1958
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The Arab League and Implementation of Palestinian Entity
29 May 1961 - 26 June 1961
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Palestinian Delegation at the UN
18 October 1963 - 5 November 1963
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1st Arab Summit Meets in Cairo, Deals with Israeli Diversion of the Jordan River
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
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President Bourguiba and 1947 Partition Plan
27 February 1965 - 11 March 1965
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Israel Carries out an Operation in Jordan in Response to Fatah Raids
27 May 1965
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The Council of the Arab League Adopts the Casablanca Protocol on the Treatment of Palestinians in the Arab States
11 September 1965
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Demonstrations in Jordan
20 November 1966 - 25 November 1966
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June War, 1st Day
5 June 1967
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Small Fraction of 1967 War Refugees to Return to the West Bank
14 August 1967 - 19 October 1967
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Security Council Resolution S/RES/242
22 November 1967
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Israeli Military Confrontation with Jordan and Palestinian Guerrillas
14 February 1968 - 15 February 1968
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Explosion in Mahane Yehuda in West Jerusalem
22 November 1968 - 28 November 1968
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Israel Strengthens its Control over East Jerusalem
27 April 1969 - 26 June 1969
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Deportation from West Bank
9 June 1969 - 6 October 1969
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1st Extraordinary Session of the Palestine National Council Is Held in Amman
27 August 1970 - 28 August 1970
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PFLP Hijack Operations
6 September 1970 - 12 September 1970
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Black September in Jordan
15 September 1970 - 25 September 1970
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Emergency Arab Summit Meets in Cairo to Force a Palestinian-Jordanian Agreement
21 September 1970 - 28 September 1970
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9th Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
7 July 1971 - 13 July 1971
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King Hussein Proposes a "United Arab Kingdom"
15 March 1972
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10th (Extraordinary) Palestine National Council Is Held in Cairo
6 April 1972 - 12 April 1972
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Black September Operation in Khartoum
1 March 1973 - 4 March 1973
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Arab Oil, a Weapon in the Battle
17 October 1973 - 21 October 1973
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6th Arab Summit Is Held in Algiers
26 November 1973 - 28 November 1973
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Opening of an Arab-Israeli Peace Conference in Geneva
21 December 1973
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Six-Party Arab Summit in Riyadh on Palestinian-Syrian Ceasefire in Lebanon
16 October 1976 - 18 October 1976
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Israel's Autonomy Plan for the West Bank and Gaza Strip
28 December 1977
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Wadi Haddad Dies in Berlin, East Germany
28 March 1978
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Camp David Summit; Camp David Accords
5 September 1978 - 17 September 1978
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9th Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad and Condemns the Camp David Accords
5 November 1978
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SC Res. 446: Establishing a Commission to Examine the Situation Relating to Settlements in the Occupied Territories
22 March 1979
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Assassination of Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Brigheeth and Samir Toukan in Cyprus
15 December 1979
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SC Res. 465: Calling on Israel to Dismantle Settlements and Cease Constructing, Planning New Ones
1 March 1980
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Philip Habib's Mediation for Cease-fire in South Lebanon
24 July 1981
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Fahd Plan Is Announced
7 August 1981
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Reagan's Plan on the Palestinian Issue
1 September 1982
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The 12th Arab Summit Meeting in Fez Adopts the "Fez Initiative"
6 September 1982 - 9 September 1982
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PLO and Jordan Agree on Idea of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation
9 October 1982 - 10 November 1982
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16th Palestine National Council Is Held in Algiers
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
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Failed Attempt of Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination
31 March 1983 - 8 April 1983
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Jordanian Parliament Revived
9 January 1984 - 18 January 1984
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Palestinian-Jordanian Coordination for Peace Talks
26 February 1984 - 1 March 1984
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Palestinian Internal Polarization
27 March 1984 - 20 May 1984
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Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985 - 22 February 1985
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PLO Executive on Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
18 February 1985
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Attempts to Form a Jordanian-Palestinian Delegation to Meet the US
1 March 1985 - 1 September 1985
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Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Casablanca
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
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Breakdown of Jordanian-Palestinian Coordination
25 January 1986 - 1 April 1986
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Deportation of Muhammad Dahlan
13 December 1986 - 26 January 1987
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Hussein-Peres London Secret Agreement
11 April 1987
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Deportation of Marwan Barghouti and Khalil Achour
14 May 1987
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Extraordinary Arab Summit Meets in Amman
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
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Resumption of Diplomatic Activity
30 January 1988 - 10 February 1988
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A Palestine Affairs Center, under the Auspices of the Arab League, Is Opened in Washington
1 April 1988 - 28 April 1994
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Jordan Severs Ties with the West Bank
28 July 1988 - 4 August 1988
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Casablanca
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
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Palestinian Response to the Invasion of Kuwait
3 August 1990 - 17 January 1991
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President Bush's Letters to M.E. Leaders on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991 - 14 July 1991
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US-Soviet Invitation to the Madrid Peace Conference
18 October 1991
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Multilevel Gaza-Jericho Negotiations
12 December 1993 - 23 February 1994
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US State Department Allows the PLO to Open Foreign Mission in Washington
22 June 1994
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Israeli-Jordanian Peace Treaty Signed near Aqaba
26 October 1994
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo
21 June 1996 - 23 June 1996
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Commemoration of the Nakba 50th Anniversary
14 May 1998 - 15 May 1998
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Wye River Plantation Meeting; Memorandum Signed
15 October 1998 - 23 October 1998
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King Hussein Dies; Eldest Son Is Crowned King Abdullah II
17 February 1999
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Failure to Reach the FAPS by 13 May 2000 Target Date: Eilat Round
30 April 2000 - 8 May 2000
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Israeli-Palestinian (Post-Stockholm) Back Channel
1 June 2000 - 3 June 2000
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The PA Releases First Batch of New Textbooks
2 September 2000
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Sharm al-Shaykh Summit
16 October 2000 - 18 October 2000
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Draft Security Council Resolution S/2000/1171
18 December 2000
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Draft SC Res. S/2001/270 Calling for Cessation of Settlement Activities and Protection of Palestinian Civilians Vetoed by US
27 March 2001
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Jordanian-Egyptian Proposal for a Cease-Fire and a Resumption of Talks
16 April 2001 - 27 April 2001
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An Uneven Race Between Diplomacy and Violence: Operation Colorful Journey
17 February 2002 - 26 March 2002
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14th Arab Summit Meets in Beirut and Adopts Saudi Peace Initiative
27 March 2002 - 28 March 2002
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Invasion of Ramallah: The Siege of Arafat's Compound
29 March 2002 - 1 May 2002
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US Response to the Israeli Invasion
4 April 2002 - 17 April 2002
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Birth of the Middle East "Quartet"
10 April 2002
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On the Road to Reform: First Palestinian Steps and Plans
15 May 2002 - 24 June 2002
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Draft SC Res. S/2003/891 Against any Israeli Act of Deportation and any Threat to Arafat's Safety Vetoed by US
16 September 2003
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Draft SC Res. S/2003/980 on Illegality of Wall inside OPT Vetoed by US
14 October 2003
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Draft SC Res. S/2004/240 Condemning Extrajudicial Executions (Shaykh Ahmad Yasin) and all Terrorist Acts Vetoed by US
25 March 2004
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Reactions to Bush's Assurances to Sharon RE Disengagement Plan
15 April 2004 - 6 May 2004
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Draft SC Res. S/2004/783 Condemning Israeli Broad Incursion in Northern Gaza Strip Vetoed by US
5 October 2004
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Draft SC Res. S/2006/508 Condemning Palestinian Abduction of Israeli Soldier and Israeli Assault on Gaza Vetoed by US
13 July 2006
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Draft SC Res. S/2006/878 Condemning Israel's Attack on Beit Hanoun Vetoed by US
11 November 2006
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Saudi Initiative for Palestinian Unity: the Mecca Accord
28 January 2007 - 8 February 2007
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19th Arab Summit Meets in Riyadh: Revival of the Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2007 - 29 March 2007
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Israeli and US Reactions to the Revived Arab Peace Initiative
29 March 2007 - 17 April 2007
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Hamas Seizes Control of Gaza
10 June 2007 - 16 June 2007
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Bush's Policy Speech and Call for an International Conference
16 July 2007
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: A Disappointing Abbas-Bush Meeting
24 April 2008
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Post-Annapolis Talks on Final Status: Olmert's Political Gamble
31 August 2008 - 16 September 2008
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Israel Breaks the Gaza Cease-Fire
4 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
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The Obama Administration Prepares its Peace Initiative with the Arab Side
21 April 2009 - 28 May 2009
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Clinton's Disturbing Misstep on Settlements
31 October 2009 - 3 November 2009
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Amid US Pressure for Direct Talks, Provocative Settlement Measures Continue
29 July 2010 - 15 August 2010
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Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks, Mediated by George Mitchell, Formally Relaunched in Washington
1 September 2010 - 2 September 2010
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Direct Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Held in Sharm al-Shaykh and Jerusalem
14 September 2010 - 15 September 2010
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Pro-Democracy Revolts and Demonstrations in Several Arab Countries
17 December 2010 - 11 February 2011
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On Nakba Day, Palestinians Head Up Toward Cease-Fire Lines with Israel
15 May 2011 - 5 June 2011
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Israeli-Palestinian “Exploratory Talks” in Amman
3 January 2012 - 25 January 2012
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23rd Arab Summit Meets in Baghdad
29 March 2012
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Palestinian Mass Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons
17 April 2012 - 14 May 2012
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Israel's 2012 Assault on Gaza, Day 2
15 November 2012
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Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
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Arab League Delegation in Washington Discusses the Arab Peace Initiative
29 April 2013
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Kerry's Shuttle Diplomacy for the Resumption of Talks Intensifies and Apparently Succeeds
23 May 2013 - 19 July 2013
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Stakes Related to Whether Israel Will Release, as Agreed, the 4th Group of Palestinian Prisoners
17 March 2014 - 29 March 2014
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Egypt's Noncoordinated Cease-Fire Initiative Fails
14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014
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The 2014 Gaza War, Days 16-20
23 July 2014 - 27 July 2014
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Heightened Tension at Haram al-Sharif
30 September 2014 - 22 December 2014
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Steps, Mostly Parliamentary, Toward European Recognition of Palestinian State
13 October 2014 - 22 December 2015
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French Efforts in Favor of a Draft UNSC Resolution on Palestinian-Israeli Peace
2 December 2014 - 17 December 2014
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Draft SC Res. S/2014/916 Containing Palestinian Principles for a Negotiated Solution Rejected by SC
30 December 2014
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Netanyahu Reaffirms Status Quo at Haram al-Sharif; Cameras at Haram al-Sharif?
22 October 2015 - 24 October 2015
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No Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
25 October 2015 - 26 October 2015
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The US, Egypt, Jordan and Israel Hold a Secret Summit Meeting in Aqaba
21 February 2016
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Palestinians Thwart the Setting Up of Cameras at Haram al-Sharif
18 March 2016 - 18 April 2016
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27th Arab Summit Meets in Nouakchott
25 July 2016
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A Doubtful Israel-Palestinian Postal Service Memorandum of Understanding
4 September 2016 - 15 August 2018
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The Convening of Fatah's 7th General Conference Is Announced in Effort to Consolidate Abbas's Leadership
1 November 2016
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The Israeli Knesset Passes a Law Regularizing Settlements Retroactively
6 February 2017
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Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad Meets in Istanbul
25 February 2017 - 26 February 2017
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President Trump's Visit to Israel
22 May 2017 - 23 May 2017
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Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt Sever Economic and Diplomatic Ties with Qatar
5 June 2017
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Palestinian Official Response to Israel's Measures over the Haram al-Sharif
14 July 2017 - 21 July 2017
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Two Jordanians Killed at Israeli Embassy in Amman
23 July 2017 - 24 July 2017
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Popular Protests Against US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's Capital
7 December 2017 - 31 December 2017
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Abbas Signs 22 Treaties as a Response to Trump's Move on Jerusalem
18 December 2017
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The Arab League Jerusalem Committee Meets to Discuss Trump's Jerusalem Announcement
6 January 2018
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Trump Peace Negotiating Team to Travel to Middle East
15 June 2018 - 24 June 2018
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Warsaw Conference
13 February 2019 - 14 February 2019
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The Waqf Reopens Bab al-Rahma at the Haram al-Sharif Compound
14 February 2019 - 17 March 2019
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Israel Deducts Funds from the PA’s Tax Revenue
17 February 2019 - 2 May 2019
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Extraordinary Arab Summit in Mecca
30 May 2019
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US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan and Conference
22 June 2019 - 26 June 2019
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US Peace Plan – Palestinian and International Reactions
28 January 2020 - 11 February 2020
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UN Releases List of Businesses Connected to Israeli Settlements
12 February 2020
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Cracks in Arab Unity on Palestine
9 September 2020 - 22 September 2020
Event
Morocco Normalizes Relations with Israel in Exchange for US Recognition of Western Sahara as Part of Morocco
10 December 2020 - 14 December 2020
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ICC Rules that it has Jurisdiction in Occupied Palestinian Territories; Investigation Announced
5 February 2021 - 2 April 2021
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Hightened Tension over Attempts to Evict Palestinian Families from Sheikh Jarrah
15 February 2021 - 9 May 2021
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Great Britain Designates Hamas’s Political Wing as a Terrorist Organization
19 November 2021 - 26 November 2021

Biographies

Biography
Sa'id al-Karmi
1852 - 1935
Biography
Musa Kazim Husseini
1853 - 26 March 1934
Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Najib Nassar
1865 - 3 March 1948
Biography
Said al-Shawwa
1868 - October 1930
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Abdallah Mukhlis
27 December 1878 - 16 December 1947
Biography
Omar al-Bitar
1880 - 16 June 1946
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Suleiman al-Taji al-Faruqi
1882 - 1958
Biography
Ahmad Hilmi Pasha Abd al-Baqi
1882 - 29 June 1963
Biography
Adil Jabir
1885 - 19 December 1953
Biography
Mu‘in al-Madi
1887 - 1957
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Rashid al-Haj Ibrahim
1889 - 1953
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
Awni Abd al-Hadi
1889 - 15 March 1970
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Aref al-Aref
1892 - 1973
Biography
Jamal al-Husseini
1892 - 5 July 1982
Biography
Kulthum Odeh
2 April 1892 - 24 April 1965
Biography
Issa al-Sifri
1894 - 19 March 1949
Biography
Omar al-Saleh al-Barghouti
1894 - 22 June 1965
Biography
Subhi al-Khadra
1895 - 4 July 1954
Biography
Muhammad Amin al-Husseini
1895 - 4 July 1974
Biography
Musa Nasir
4 April 1895 - 26 August 1971
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Taher
1896 - 22 August 1974
Biography
Musa Alami
8 May 1897 - 8 June 1984
Biography
Anbara Salam Khalidi
4 August 1897 - 1986
Biography
Matiel Mogannam
15 February 1899 - 11 August 1992
Biography
Mohammed Ali al-Ja‘bari
1900 - 29 May 1980
Biography
Fuad Saba
1902 - 27 August 1984
Biography
Zulaykha al-Shihabi
1903 - 13 May 1992
Biography
Ishaq Musa al-Husseini
1904 - 17 December 1990
Biography
Ihsan al-Nimr
1905 - 21 May 1985
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih
1907 - 8 January 2001
Biography
Badr Lama
23 April 1907 - 1 October 1947
Biography
Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini
1908 - 8 April 1948
Biography
Ahmad al-Shuqairi
1908 - 25 February 1980
Biography
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani
1909 - 1977
Biography
Abd al-Karim al-Karmi
1909 - 11 October 1980
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Sami Taha Hamran
1911 - 11 September 1947
Biography
Abd al-Majid Shuman
1912 - 5 July 2005
Biography
Abd al-Rahim Mahmoud
1913 - 13 July 1948
Biography
Anwar Nuseibeh
1913 - 1986
Biography
Fouad Nassar
28 November 1914 - 30 September 1976
Biography
Hind al-Husseini
25 April 1916 - 13 September 1994
Biography
Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
28 August 1919 - 12 December 1994
Biography
Ihsan Abbas
2 December 1920 - 29 July 2003
Biography
Salma Khadra Jayyusi
16 April 1925 - 20 April 2023
Biography
George Habash
1 August 1925 - 26 January 2008
Biography
Issam Abd al-Hadi
1928 - 8 August 2013
Biography
Samira Abu Ghazaleh
1928 - 12 January 2017
Biography
Antoine Zahlan
1928 - 1 September 2020
Biography
Ibrahim Dakkak
1929 - 2 June 2016
Biography
Bassam Shak’a
1930 - 22 July 2019
Biography
Shafiq al-Hout
13 January 1932 - 2 August 2009
Biography
Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
10 October 1935 - 16 April 1988
Biography
Ezzedine Kalak
1936 - 3 August 1978
Biography
Naji al-Ali
1936 - 29 August 1987
Biography
Ahmad Ismail Yasin
June 1936 - 22 March 2004
Biography
Youssef Sami al-Youssef
1938 - 2 May 2013
Biography
Faisal al-Husseini
17 July 1940 - 31 May 2001
Biography
May Sayegh
1941 - 5 February 2023
Biography
Abd al-Aziz Rantisi
1947 - 17 April 2004
Biography
Fathi Shiqaqi
4 January 1951 - 26 October 1995
Biography
François Abou Salem
16 November 1951 - 1 October 2011
Biography
Tawfiq Ibrahim
- 1966

Historical Texts

Document
Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
Document
Letter from Sir Henry McMahon to Sharif Hussein
25 October 1915
Document
Message of the General Syrian Congress To the King-Crane Commission
3 July 1919
Document
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Document
Proclamation of the Independence of Syria
7 March 1920
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
Report by the Haycraft Commission of Inquiry into the May 1921 Jaffa Riots
10 August 1921
Document
Churchill White Paper
3 June 1922
Document
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
Document
Passfield White Paper
20 October 1930
Document
Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order in Council, 1931
19 May 1931
Document
Statement of the Arab National Conference
13 December 1931
Document
The Murison Commission Report
4 January 1934
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Memorandum of the Arab Higher Committee: On the Peel Commission Report
23 July 1937
Document
Palestine Partition Commission (Woodhead) Report
9 November 1938
Document
British Government Statement on the Partition (Woodhead) Commission's Report
11 November 1938
Document
London Round Table Conference on McMahon-Husain Correspondence
16 March 1939
Document
MacDonald White Paper
17 May 1939
Document
Reply of Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper
30 May 1939
Document
Land Transfers Regulations, 1940
20 February 1940
Document
Memorandum of Conversation between King Abdulaziz Saud and President Roosevelt
14 February 1945
Document
The Defence (Emergency) Regulations, 1945
22 September 1945
Document
Report of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry
20 April 1946
Document
British Referral of the Palestine Question to the UN
2 April 1947
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
UNSC Resolution 46
17 April 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 186 (S-2)
14 May 1948
Document
Israel: Law and Administration Ordinance
19 May 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 50
29 May 1948
Document
Suggestions Presented by the UN Mediator on Palestine (Bernadotte) to the Two Parties
28 June 1948
Document
Al-Dawayima Massacre, 29 October 1948 An Israeli Soldier Eye-Witness Account
8 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 212 (III)
19 November 1948
Document
UNGA Resolution 194 (III)
11 December 1948
Document
UNSC Resolution 69
4 March 1949
Document
Jordan-Israel General Armistice Agreement
3 April 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 273 (III)
11 May 1949
Document
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine: Fourth Progress Report
22 September 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 302 (IV)
8 December 1949
Document
UNGA Resolution 303
9 December 1949
Document
Absentees' Property Law, 5710-1950
14 March 1950
Document
Declaration of Jordan’s National Assembly, On the Unity between the Eastern and Western Banks of Jordan
24 April 1950
Document
Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Egypt And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
12 September 1950
Document
UNGA Resolution 393 (V)
2 December 1950
Document
Agreement between the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan And the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
14 March 1951
Document
Prevention of Infiltration (Offences and Jurisdiction) Law 1954 (5714)
16 August 1954
Document
UNGA Resolution 997 (ES-I)
2 November 1956
Document
UNGA Resolution 1002 (ES-I)
7 November 1956
Document
Special Report of the Director of the UNRWA
15 December 1956
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 5407
29 August 1963
Document
First Arab Summit: Statement
13 January 1964 - 17 January 1964
Document
Palestine National (qawmi) Charter
28 May 1964
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 7575/Rev.1
3 November 1966
Document
Fourth Arab Summit: Resolutions
1 September 1967
Document
Palestine National Council, 4th Session: Political Resolutions
10 July 1968 - 17 July 1968
Document
Rogers Plan
9 December 1969
Document
Palestinian National Council, Emergency Session: Resolutions
28 August 1970
Document
Speech by Jordan’S King Hussein, Proposing a United Arab Kingdom in the Event of a Peaceful Settlement
15 March 1972
Document
Palestine National Council, 10th Session (Extraordinary): Political program
10 April 1972
Document
Programme of the Palestine National Front in the Occupied Territory
15 August 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Confidential Decisions
28 November 1973
Document
Sixth Arab Summit: Policy Statement
28 November 1973
Document
Seventh Arab Summit: The Palestine Resolution
29 October 1974
Document
Speech of Yasir Arafat at the UNGA
13 November 1974
Document
UNGA Resolution 3376 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
UNGA Resolution 3375 (XXX)
10 November 1975
Document
Security Council Decision Inviting the PLO to Participate in its Debate on the Situation in the Middle East
4 December 1975
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 11898
5 December 1975
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 11940
23 January 1976
Document
The Koenig Memorandum
1 March 1976
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 12022
24 March 1976
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 12119
29 June 1976
Document
Eighth Arab Summit: Statement
25 October 1976 - 26 October 1976
Document
Address by President Anwar Sadat to the Knesset
20 November 1977
Document
Begin's Autonomy Plan
28 December 1977
Document
Ninth Arab Summit: Final Statement
2 November 1978 - 5 November 1978
Document
UNSC Resolution 446
22 March 1979
Document
Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
26 March 1979
Document
Joint Letter from President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin to President Carter Concerning Negotiations on Self-Governing Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
26 March 1979
Document
Tenth Arab Summit: Final Statement
20 November 1979 - 22 November 1979
Document
Crown Prince Fahd Peace Plan
7 August 1981
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14832/Rev.1
19 January 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14943
1 April 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 14985
20 April 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15185
8 June 1982
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15255/Rev.2
25 June 1982
Document
President Reagan's Talking Points Sent to Prime Minister Begin
31 August 1982
Document
Reagan Plan
1 September 1982
Document
Israeli Cabinet Communiqué on President Reagan's Peace Proposal
2 September 1982
Document
Twelfth Arab Summit: the Fez Initiative
9 September 1982
Document
Kahan Commission of Inquiry Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
7 February 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 16th Session: Final Statement
14 February 1983 - 22 February 1983
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 15895
1 August 1983
Document
Palestine National Council, 17th Session: Final Statement
22 November 1984 - 29 November 1984
Document
Palestinian-Jordanian Joint Action Agreement
11 February 1985
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1985: Final Communiqué
7 August 1985 - 9 August 1985
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17459
12 September 1985
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 17769
29 January 1986
Document
Palestine National Council, 18th Session: Final Statement
20 April 1987 - 25 April 1987
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1987: Resolutions
8 November 1987 - 11 November 1987
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/210
17 December 1987
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19466
29 January 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/229
2 March 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 42/230
23 March 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 19780
14 April 1988
Document
King Hussein’s Address to the Nation on Severing Ties with the West Bank
31 July 1988
Document
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
18 August 1988
Document
Palestinian Declaration of Independence
15 November 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/160
9 December 1988
Document
Yasir Arafat’s Speech Before the Forty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly
13 December 1988
Document
UNGA Resolution 43/177
15 December 1988
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20463
17 February 1989
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 1989: Resolution on the Palestine Question
23 May 1989 - 26 May 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20677
8 June 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 20945/Rev.1
6 November 1989
Document
Draft of UNGA Resolution A/44/L.50
29 November 1989
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 21326
31 May 1990
Document
Exchange of Letters Between President Bush and Prime Minister Shamir on Proposed Peace Conference
1 June 1991
Document
Palestine National Council, 20th Session: Political Statement
28 September 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians
18 October 1991
Document
U.S. Letter of Assurances to Israel
18 October 1991
Document
Speech of Haydar Abd al-Shafi at the Madrid Conference
31 October 1991
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1995/394
17 May 1995
Document
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
28 September 1995
Document
Yitzhak Rabin’s Address to Knesset after Israeli-Palestinian Agreement
5 October 1995
Document
The Beilin – Abu Mazen Document
31 October 1995
Document
UNSC Resolution 1073
28 September 1996
Document
Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron
17 January 1997
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/199
7 March 1997
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 1997/241
21 March 1997
Document
Extraordinary Arab Summit, 2000: Communiqué
21 October 2000 - 22 October 2000
Document
The Mitchell Report
30 April 2001
Document
UNSC Resolution 1397
12 March 2002
Document
Fourteenth Arab Summit: The Arab Peace Initiative
28 March 2002
Document
The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia, US) Communiqué on the Situation in the Occupied Territories
10 April 2002
Document
Yasir Arafat's Speech at the Palestinian Legislative Council
15 May 2002
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution S/2002/1385
20 December 2002
Document
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
30 April 2003
Document
Israel and the Road Map
23 May 2003 - 25 May 2003
Document
The Geneva Accord
12 October 2003 - 1 December 2003
Document
UNGA Resolution 58/292
17 May 2004
Document
UNGA Resolution ES-10/17
24 January 2007
Document
Mecca Agreement
8 February 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Policy Speech
16 July 2007
Document
President George W. Bush’s Speech Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
10 January 2008
Document
Letter Dated 4 May 2009 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council
4 May 2009
Document
Netanyahu's Speech at Bar-Ilan University
14 June 2009
Document
Report of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report)
25 September 2009
Document
Draft of UNSC Resolution 2011/24
18 February 2011
Document
Jordanian-Palestinian Agreement on Holy Sites in Jerusalem
31 March 2013
Document
Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict
24 June 2015
Document
Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech at the 70th Session of the UNGA
30 September 2015
Document
Secretary John Kerry’s Speech on Middle East Peace
28 December 2016
Document
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas): Document of General Principles and Policies
1 May 2017
Document
Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry: On the Protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
28 February 2019
Document
30th Arab Summit: Tunis Declaration
31 March 2019
Document
Database of All Business Enterprises Involved in Israeli Settlement Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
12 February 2020
Document
Abraham Accords: Declaration of Peace, Cooperation, and Constructive Diplomatic and Friendly Relations, Announced by the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain
15 September 2020
Document
Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel
15 September 2020
Document
HRC Res. S-30/1: Establishing an Ongoing Commission of Inquiry on Palestine
27 May 2021

Thematic Chronologies

Thematic Chronology
Zionist Operations Against the British Mandate Authorities
1944 - 1947

Highlights

Highlight
Palestinians in Jordan, 1948-1967
The Making of the “Jordanians of Palestinian Origin”
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Jerusalem
Colonial Transformation of a Spiritual City
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Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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The Palestinian Novel
Literature of the Oppressed in a Dispersed Geography
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Palestinian Photographers before 1948
Documenting Life in a Time of Change
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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Israel’s Policy toward Refugees in the Gaza Strip
A Site of Continual Displacement
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Palestinian Refugees in the Gaza Strip Since 1967
Incubators of Resistance
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Palestinian Informal Justice
Thriving in the Shadow of Colonialism
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VII. From A Sense Of Victory To Separate Peace And Civil War
1973-1982
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VIII. Palestinian Defeat, Divisions And Survival
1982-1987
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Palestinian Cinema
From Serving the Revolution to Creative Expression
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Sumud
Steadfastness as Everyday Resistance
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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UNRWA's Education System
A Palestinian-Shaped Undertaking
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IV. The Palestine War And The Nakba
1947-1950
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The Palestinian National Liberation Movement – Fatah (I)
1957-1990
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V. Reverberations Of 1948 Palestine War And The Arab-Israeli Conflict
1950-1966
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October 1973 War
A Daring Arab Initiative Followed by Ambivalent Results
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Palestinian Emigration (I)
1850s-1967
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The Separation Wall
Security, Grabbing Land, Strangling Palestinians
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Israel’s Apartheid Regime
Entrenching Supremacism over the Palestinians
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Palestinian Women in the Labor Market
A Burgeoning Workforce Curbed by Israel’s Colonialism
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Palestinian Embroidery
A Rich and Diverse National Heritage
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France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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The Judaization of the Galilee
A Long-Lasting Strategy Faced by a Bulwark of Palestinian Tenacity
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The Peel Commission, 1936–1937
Sowing the Seeds of the Partition
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The 1946 Anglo-American Committee
Humanitarianism Over Justice
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Lebanon War, 1982
A Setback for the PLO and for Israel's 'Grand Design'
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Palestine Liberation Organization (II)
From the Limelight to the Backstage
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The Palestinian Communist Movement
1948-present
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Homs (A'ideen) Refugee Camp
Syria
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – PFLP
1967-present
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Germany and the Palestine Question Since 1949
Breaking with the Nazi Past, Adapting to Changing Interests
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Nablus Soap Production
The Decline of an Ancient Heritage
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Palestinians in Jordan Since 1967
A Never-Ending Normalization
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Jabal al-Hussein Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Al-Jalazone Refugee Camp
West Bank
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Khan Dunoun Refugee Camp
Syria
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Khan Eshieh Refugee Camp
Syria
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Jalil (Wavel) Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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The Palestinian Flag
A Symbol of Identity and Solidarity
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti) Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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Palestinian Visual Arts (IV)
Present Tense: New Directions (1995-2016)
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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June 1967 War
A Watershed in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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The Evolving Infrastructure of Palestinian Refugee Camps
Perpetuating the Temporary
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VI. The Rise Of The Palestinian Movement In The Wake Of The 1967 Arab Defeat
1966-1973
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China and the Palestine Question
From Revolutionary Solidarity to Rhetorical Support
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The European Union and the Palestine Question
From Promising Ambitions to Crippling Divisions
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The Palestinian National Movement and the Jewish Question (I)
Before the Nakba
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Baqa‘a Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Al-Raml (Latakia) Refugee Camp
Syria
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Italy and the Palestine Question
From Supportive Equidistance to Hostility
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UN Partition Plan, 29 November 1947
Paving the Way to the Impending Nakba
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Mexico and the Palestine Question
Equidistance… in Israel’s Favor
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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The War on Gaza, 2008–2009
Israel’s Strategic Quandary
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Yarmouk Refugee Camp
Syria
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Wihdat Refugee Camp
Jordan
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Palestine and International Justice
The Long and Tortuous Quest for Accountability
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Spain and the Palestine Question
Upholding Support for Palestine Amidst Growing Relations with Israel
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The USSR and the Palestine Question, 1950–1991
Between Ideology and Realism
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank
Determined to Stay High on the National Agenda
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The Palestinian Poster
Popularizing National Landmarks and Symbols
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Palestinian Culture and Expressions of Identity
1948-1993
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The Deir Yasin Massacre, 9 April 1948
An Ominous Sign of Worse to Come
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Lydda, 9-13 July 1948
A City-Wide Massacre Culminating in the Death March
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Dera‘a Refugee Camp
Syria
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XII. A Palestinian Authority Divided, Israeli Assaults on Gaza, and Peace Process Setbacks
2006-2017
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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Palestinian Music
Blending Levantine Sounds and the Power of Poetry
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station
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The First Intifada, 1987-1993
Exhilaration of Revolt, Promise of Freedom
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IX. The First Intifada And The Beginning Of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
1987-1993
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The Second Intifada, 2000-2005
Mounting Confrontation, Shattered Aspirations
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Palestine Liberation Organization (I)
The Reemergence of the Palestinian National Movement
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Mar Elias Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Palestinian Music in Exile
Traditions and Resistance
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Palestinian-Israeli Protocol on Economic Relations
Perpetuating Israel’s Structural Dominance
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Camp David Accords, 1978-1979
Shattering the Arab Front

Places

Place
Yibna